The Deathperation of One Hell of a Butler

Chapter Thirteen: Rewind

Ciel sat up, breathing heavily, and he looked in confusion at the two who had collapsed before him. A head of black hair and one with blue were all that was visible beneath the bed sheets. Ciel sighed and stood, about to leave the room that he had recognized as his own bed chambers, when a weak call sounded.

"My Lord..."

The young male turned to Sebstian. "It's about time," he muttered. "We're home, Sebastian."

The butler paused, a perplexed look on his face, before he looked back down at the body beside him. The blue-haired male was covered in wounds. "Mukuro?" he murmured, before realizing they were back in the Phantomhive mansion. He stepped out of the bed, and awkardly tugged at the collar of the suit he was wearing.

"For some reason, we've been sent back to this world," Ciel said.

"Just... just us three?" Sebastian repeated. "But how?"

"Like I said, I don't know," Ciel muttered.

Mukuro stirred, before sitting upright, and clutching his head tightly. He heaved a short sigh, before realizing something. "Ah- my nails are black!" he noticed. "Ah... so which one of you painted my nails?" he asked with an awkward smile.

"Neither," Sebastian answered. "You've become a demon. You're in our world now."

"What? But how?" Mukuro questioned.

"That's what I said," Sebstian sighed. "Stand up."

"I... I remember, we were fighting the Vindicere," Mukuro said as he slid out of the bed. "Sebastian got knocked out from the extreme illusions... Ciel, you too... I tried to hold them off, but at some point, I, too, blacked out..."

"Se~ebby!"

Before they knew it, Grell was in the room, and on top of Sebastian, a cardinal flying in after him. "Grell?" Sebastian said, pushing the redhead off. "How did you end up here?"

"Ehehe, it wasn't just him," said Undertaker as he, too, stepped into the room, a porcupine sitting on his head. "Everyone has come here! Curious, ever so curious. Is it not?"

"Isn't this troublesome," Ciel groaned, leaning against a wall. "Sebastian, eat my soul already so that I don't have to go through any more crap."

Sebsatian's eyebrows raised slightly, before he stepped over to Ciel and placed his hands on the younger's shoulders. "Yes, my Lo-"

"Oh, no you don't!" Grell cried. "Not in front of reapers, you bloody- why would you even... How thick are you, Sebby?"

"You might want to be alive for this, Earl," Undertaker giggled, "there's quite the display going on out here. The poor, poor humans haven't the slightest idea what's going on!"

Sebastian straightened his back. "Is everyone really here?"

"Indeed, Byakuran the angel, Xanxus now a demon, not to mention Belphegor and Squalo, my dear parents, have turned to a life of reapers! Hehehe!"

"What, so you're saying every last one of them came to this world?" Ciel groaned. "How bothersome. We better not have another 'Jack the Ripper' case."

"I must say, Undertaker darling, that 'Belphegor' character rather reminds me of myself," Grell teased, prodding his lover's shoulder.

"Hehehe, well, now, you rather reminded me of my home, yourself. Nice, cozy, and just the right amount of dangerous," the mortician giggled, planting a kiss on Grell's cheek.

"Hey!" came a shout from the door, and they turned to see Gokudera, a frantic look in his eyes. "I thought you two were going to tell me what happened to Tenth! Hurry up!"

"Ehehe, we're coming, we're coming...," Undertaker sighed. "Earl, Mr. Butler, this is quite important..."

The group headed out of the mansion, and found the hoarde of people from the past dimension were now in their world. Belphegor was observing the words 'DEATH SCYTHE,' which seemed to have been printed into his knives, and Squalo was doing the same with his sword, both males wearing glasses. Xanxus seemed to have lost his guns, and was now sporting ears and a liger tail - it seemed as though his demon form was morphed with his former box weapon. Hibari was trying to walk away while William trailed after him, listing the rules of reaper dispatch and trying to explain that his tonfas may or may not work as death scythes. Ken and Pluto were both in demon hound forms, sitting side by side, and Yamamoto and Finnian were both laughing together. Byakuran could be seen in the distance, flying away from the group, and just about everyone else had been turned into a human.

In the center of the group lay Tsunayoshi, an patch over his right eye. The boy slowly pushed himself up, feeling along the patch, then glancing at the others worriedly. "What happened...?" he murmured, wincing at his dry throat. "Sheesh, would someone please get me a glass of water?"

Suddenly, Mukuro disappeared into the mansion, before appearing before Tsuna with a glass of water, saying, "Yes, my Lord." He then tensed, eyes widening. As Tsuna awkwardly took the glass, Mukuro pulled off the glove on his right hand, his face slowly turning red when he saw a contract seal on it - one that was adorned with several pineapples, at that!

Sebastian chuckled. "Why don't you take off that eyepatch, Mukuro?" he suggested. The blue-haired demon reached forward, untying the ribbon that held the patch over Tsuna's eye, and as the brunette slowly opened his right eye, the others watched in shock, for he was sporting the same contract seal, pineapples and all.

Mukuro sat back. "Damn it... I always wanted to possess Tsunayoshi, not serve him as an honest butler!"

"Oh, but Mukuro, when you grant him his wish, you get to devour his soul, remember?" Sebastian chuckled, placing a hand on Ciel's shoulder. He glanced down at the younger male, and sighed, "You know, my Lord, I did grow unusually fond of you in that past world. Perhaps a demon truly can experience love... but it's twisted. I want nothing more than to devour your soul..."

"Sebas-chan!" Grell protested, burying his head in Undertaker's cloak as his cardinal landed on his shoulder.

Undertaker hugged Grell to him, and sighed, "You know... I have a feeling that things are going to turn out fine now, m'dear. It feels as though things aren't wrong... but now indescribably right."

Belphegor stood, and aimed to throw a knife at Squalo, saying, "I completely agree, my son!" But the second he threw the knife, Hibari suddenly dashed in, deflecting the knife into the ground with a tonfa.

"You bloody fool, reapers can only be killed by scythes! Do you want him to die?!"

He then paused, and reached up, adjusting the glasses perched on his nose before he said, "I'm above you both as a higher-up. If you screw up the soul ledgers, I'll bite you to death."

He and William started to leave at that, the older reaper giving him the strange gesture of patting his back.

An awkward silence came afterwards, before Fran suddenly walked over to Prince the Reaper. "I'm human now, senpai... how are we going to be together if you're a reaper?"

"Ushishishi~ We'll find a way, Froggy," Bel answered, kissing his forehead.

Gokudera sank to his knees, looking at the black nails he now sported. "But I'm a demon, too...," he muttered. "Why... why is that pineapple bastard the one contracted to Tenth?"

Undertaker chuckled, and leaned over, patting his shoulder. "Probably so that you can take interest in someone else, heehee!" He tilted his fellow silverette's head up, indicating to Yamamoto.

"Baseball idiot? No way!"

Yamamoto suddenly glanced back at them. "Hey... do you have baseball in this world, anyway?"

Undertaker gave an awkward grin. "Ahh... yes... however, it's probably drastically different from what you remember."

"Sebastian." The demon glanced at his young Lord, and Ciel continued, "This is an order. Help the freaks settle in to their new lives, and then you may take my soul."

As he turned and left, the butler sighed.

"Yes, my Lord."

-End Chapter

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